I quit block feeding because I can't sleep! buuutt...now we're back to screaming...

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I quit block feeding because I can't sleep! buuutt...now we're back to screaming...

I started block feeding because I have OALD and an oversupply. However, after about 2 weeks of that, I was exhausted because my DD (4 mo. old) wasn't getting a full feeding and I was up every 1.5 hrs with her @ night - and I work full-time.

After I stopped block feeding she was sleeping longer @ night (3-4 hr stretches)- but now we're back to the screaming when she eats.

Is there anything else I can do? Can I block feed during the early evening and then feed her "regularly" during the night to keep her asleep longer?

I hate the unhappiness but I also hate not being able to sleep at all...

Re: I quit block feeding because I can't sleep! buuutt...now we're back to screaming.

Not typically. You would need to allow a protein in milk called the feedback Inhibitor of Lactation (more detail here) build up before you really saw a reduction in milk supply. So by draining the breast at fairly regular amounts of time (every hour to two or so hours) you don't do this. Block feeding (blocks of time thus the name) skips a feed on one side so you allow the breast to essentially remain full for a longer time, and the FIL builds up and reduces milk production a little.